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Visa News for Indonesia

Please note the following additional information with regards to ports where free visa is available for the listed countries and note that Australians still have to access visa on arrival for USD35

Selected Indonesian Gateways

Visa free facilities to the above named countries can only be granted by immigration offices in the following locations:

Soekarno-Hatta Airport in Jakarta

Ngurah Rai Airport in Denpasar, Bali

Kualu Namu Airport in Medan, North Sumatra

Juanda Airport in Surabaya, East Java

Hang Nadim Airport in Batam

Port of Sri Bintan in Bintan

Port of Sekupang in Batam

Port of Batam Center in Batam

Port of Tanjung Uban in Riau

Based on the announcement from the State Secretariat Website – international cruise passenger arriving at the Balinese ports of Benoa, Celukan Bawang, Padang Bai or Tanah Ampo will not be extended the new free visa facility.

45 Countries

An attachment to the Presidential Decree lists 30 countries eligible to enter Indonesia without a visa for 30 days are:

People’s Republic of China

Russia

South Korean

Japan

USA

Canada

New Zealand

Mexico

Great Britain

Germany

France

The Netherlands

Italy

Spain

Switzerland

Belgium

Sweden

Austria

Denmark

Norway

Finland

Poland

Hungary

Czechoslovakia

Qatar

U.A.E.

Kuwait

Bahrain

Oman

South Africa

The 30 countries listed above are added to the existing free visitor visa pass granted to the following 13 countries:

Thailand

Malaysia

Singapore

Brunei Darussalam

Philippines

Chile

Morocco

Peru

Vietnam

Ecuador

Cambodia

Laos

Myanmar

Two additional special administrative territories are also eligable for free visitor visas of 30 days:

Hong Kong

Macau

Australian tourists will still be able to purchase a 30-day visa on arrival in Indonesia for US$35.

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